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遥

遥 — readings, stroke count and radical

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 遙#字義を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「遙」の異体字。形声。「辵」 + 音符「䍃」。「はるか」を意味する漢語｛遙｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

far off, distant, long ago

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ヨウ
Kun (native)
  • はる(か)
Other languages
  • 拼音yao2
  • 한글yo
  • Hán-ViệtDiêu
  • Hán-ViệtDao

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
辵(しんにょう)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+9065

Components

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Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿺辶䍃

Words using this kanji

  • 遥かはるかfar away, far off, far, distant
  • 遥々はるばるfrom afar, over a great distance, all the way
  • 遥遠ようえん遙か遠いこと。そのさま。far away, very far off, remote
  • 遥拝ようはい遠隔の地から拝むこと。worshipping from afar
  • 遥任ようにん国司に任命されても現地に赴任せず執務を免除されること。遥授。absentee appointment to a distant administrative post (Nara and Heian periods)
  • 遥かにはるかにby far, far and away, much, far
  • 遥か昔はるかむかしlong ago
  • 遥か彼方はるかかなたfaraway, far-off
  • 遥か遠くはるかとおくfar away in the distance, in the far distance

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Lookup codes

SKIP
3-3-9
Four Corner
3730.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2q10.3
Heisig
2498